Sinistrexcisa
Sinistrexcisa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[1][2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Ptychotrematinae |
| Genus: | Sinistrexcisa De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999[1] |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 4 species | |
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Sinistrexcisa includes:
Description
A spermatophore was observed in Sinistrexcisa for the first time among the Streptaxidae in 1999.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Sinistrexcisa include:
- Sinistrexcisa cameruniae De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - type species, from Southwest Cameroon[1]
- Sinistrexcisa iradieri De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea[1]
- Sinistrexcisa cogoensis De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea[1]
- Sinistrexcisa fang De Winter, Gomez & Prieto, 1999 - from Equatorial Guinea[1]
References
- De Winter A. J., Gomez B. J. & Prieto C. E.(1999). "Sinistrexcisa, a New Genus of Land Snail from Central West Africa with Four New Species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 65(2): 209-221. doi:10.1093/mollus/65.2.209. page 209.
- Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
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